Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 8.47% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 4.12% or 0.070 points to end at 1.770 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 3.83% or 0.110 points to 2.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 11.26% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.260 at the close. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 4.14% or 0.029 points to end at 0.671 and ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) was down 4.00% or 0.95 points to 22.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 45 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iaso (AT:IASr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 8.47% or 0.100 to 1.280. Shares in Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.12% or 0.070 to 1.770.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.11 to $1256.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.31% or 0.60 to hit $46.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.57 to trade at $48.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1640, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.84.